Not only does Gayle have a red sweater, but it appears that Gayle also changed into gray pants to match the belt, and switched yesterday’s purple hair bow to a red one to match the sweater for today. Aside from the clothing change, it looks like Gayle has shrunk. She used to be about a head taller than 11-year-old Michael, but now Michael is taller than she is and she is 14 years old. When my daughter was 14 years old, she was at her adult height.
At this point in 1988, Lynn Johnston was getting ready to reintroduce romance back into Michael’s life for the first time after the departure of his prior girlfriend, Deanna Sobinski. We can see that with Gayle we have not only a girl who is mom-approved by Elly, but she also likes wearing Michael’s mother’s clothes. That’s a little too Oedipal for me. Fortunately Lynn Johnston changed her mind about Gayle as a girlfriend. Michael’s next girlfriend is his same age and Elly is not quite as fond of her as she is of Gayle.
Not only does Gayle have a red sweater, but it appears that Gayle also changed into gray pants to match the belt, and switched yesterday’s purple hair bow to a red one to match the sweater for today. Aside from the clothing change, it looks like Gayle has shrunk. She used to be about a head taller than 11-year-old Michael, but now Michael is taller than she is and she is 14 years old. When my daughter was 14 years old, she was at her adult height.
At this point in 1988, Lynn Johnston was getting ready to reintroduce romance back into Michael’s life for the first time after the departure of his prior girlfriend, Deanna Sobinski. We can see that with Gayle we have not only a girl who is mom-approved by Elly, but she also likes wearing Michael’s mother’s clothes. That’s a little too Oedipal for me. Fortunately Lynn Johnston changed her mind about Gayle as a girlfriend. Michael’s next girlfriend is his same age and Elly is not quite as fond of her as she is of Gayle.